Erich DeLang
@erichdelang.bsky.social
Just another Twitter refugee looking for what we had there once upon a time. It's not going to be Mastodon or Post.News and probably not Threads, so let's see if we can't make this our home.
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Erich DeLang
@erichdelang.bsky.social
· Dec 31
I don’t know if we can pin skeets, and if we can we probably can’t pin edited versions of other people’s skeets.
But if we could, this would be my pinned skeet:
But if we could, this would be my pinned skeet:
In the absence of any additional information, a friendly reminder that folks join the National Guard to help flood and wildfire victims, and almost certainly don’t want to be away from their loved ones, cleaning up litter in D.C. over Thanksgiving.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In the absence of any additional information, a friendly reminder that folks join the National Guard to help flood and wildfire victims, and almost certainly don’t want to be away from their loved ones, cleaning up litter in D.C. over Thanksgiving.
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oh boy. hold takes on this until we know more imo
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
oh boy. hold takes on this until we know more imo
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
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WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by @notjustbikes with @UrbanThree & @StrongTowns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by @notjustbikes with @UrbanThree & @StrongTowns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
Vogons
Azgoths of Kria
RFK Jr.
Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings
IYKYK
Azgoths of Kria
RFK Jr.
Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings
IYKYK
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Vogons
Azgoths of Kria
RFK Jr.
Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings
IYKYK
Azgoths of Kria
RFK Jr.
Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings
IYKYK
Purcell lol
BREAKING: Justice Alito has temporarily blocked the Texas redistricting court's order, effectively restoring the newly drawn map, while the Supreme Court considers the petition. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Purcell lol
For everyone who is still on Twitter because it’s still the place to reach the general public.
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For everyone who is still on Twitter because it’s still the place to reach the general public.
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Yup. They need to be punished for what they tried to do. Make them squeal until they beg for a nationwide non-partisan redistricting system.
I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yup. They need to be punished for what they tried to do. Make them squeal until they beg for a nationwide non-partisan redistricting system.
Honestly well played by the GOP.
House doesn’t have to take any tough votes, Senate can bottle it up indefinitely since that chamber doesn’t have a discharge petition, and even if it somehow makes it to the president’s desk he can use Bondi’s ongoing investigation to justify selective releases.
House doesn’t have to take any tough votes, Senate can bottle it up indefinitely since that chamber doesn’t have a discharge petition, and even if it somehow makes it to the president’s desk he can use Bondi’s ongoing investigation to justify selective releases.
BREAKING:
The House just passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, 427-1.
Republican Clay Higgins was the lone 'no' vote.
The House just passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, 427-1.
Republican Clay Higgins was the lone 'no' vote.
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Honestly well played by the GOP.
House doesn’t have to take any tough votes, Senate can bottle it up indefinitely since that chamber doesn’t have a discharge petition, and even if it somehow makes it to the president’s desk he can use Bondi’s ongoing investigation to justify selective releases.
House doesn’t have to take any tough votes, Senate can bottle it up indefinitely since that chamber doesn’t have a discharge petition, and even if it somehow makes it to the president’s desk he can use Bondi’s ongoing investigation to justify selective releases.
Wooo hoooo!!!
NEW: Chi Ossé, an ally of Mamdani, has filed paperwork to challenge Jeffries from the left.
Chi Ossé files paperwork to challenge Hakeem Jeffries from the left
The NYC City Council member said in a statement that Democratic leadership is "failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump."
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wooo hoooo!!!
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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the scramble for GOP hopefuls to distance themselves from Trump as the ship goes down is going to be crazy and the most important thing to do is sink all the lifeboats
none of them are allowed to escape his legacy
none of them are allowed to escape his legacy
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
the scramble for GOP hopefuls to distance themselves from Trump as the ship goes down is going to be crazy and the most important thing to do is sink all the lifeboats
none of them are allowed to escape his legacy
none of them are allowed to escape his legacy
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8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
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It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
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Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
Same reason Dems fail when running GOP-lite candidates - who’s gonna vote for that when the Real McCoy is right there?
What self-respecting Groyper is going to follow Catturd2 when GassinHeebs1488 is just a click away?
What self-respecting Groyper is going to follow Catturd2 when GassinHeebs1488 is just a click away?
The funniest thing about Twitter these days is that right wing dipshits still think their content is being suppressed by some unseen liberal forces.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
Elon Musk has owned the site for over three years now.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Same reason Dems fail when running GOP-lite candidates - who’s gonna vote for that when the Real McCoy is right there?
What self-respecting Groyper is going to follow Catturd2 when GassinHeebs1488 is just a click away?
What self-respecting Groyper is going to follow Catturd2 when GassinHeebs1488 is just a click away?
At the mayoral/gubernatorial level? Absolutely.
It can also work at the senatorial level, but w/in limits. The senate caucus has to vote with the center of the *party* not their state, and not be contrarian iconoclasts like we’ve suffered. Collins, who has concerns she never acts on, is the target.
It can also work at the senatorial level, but w/in limits. The senate caucus has to vote with the center of the *party* not their state, and not be contrarian iconoclasts like we’ve suffered. Collins, who has concerns she never acts on, is the target.
democrats love all their moderate, progressive, and top-of-the-distribution leaders <3
they can all live in harmony together under a big diverse tent if they restore regional party identities and stop the circular firing squad on nationalized media <3
they can all live in harmony together under a big diverse tent if they restore regional party identities and stop the circular firing squad on nationalized media <3
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
At the mayoral/gubernatorial level? Absolutely.
It can also work at the senatorial level, but w/in limits. The senate caucus has to vote with the center of the *party* not their state, and not be contrarian iconoclasts like we’ve suffered. Collins, who has concerns she never acts on, is the target.
It can also work at the senatorial level, but w/in limits. The senate caucus has to vote with the center of the *party* not their state, and not be contrarian iconoclasts like we’ve suffered. Collins, who has concerns she never acts on, is the target.
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Sure is funny how @vox.com under its current ownership/leadership seems committed to serving almost the exact opposite purpose from the one for which it was founded.
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sure is funny how @vox.com under its current ownership/leadership seems committed to serving almost the exact opposite purpose from the one for which it was founded.
It’s not a self-own. They care more about defeating whatever you want to call that faction of the Democratic Party than they do about defeating the GOP.
They can live with Trumpism, even from the minority. What they can absolutely not countenance is progressivism/wokeism, even from the majority.
They can live with Trumpism, even from the minority. What they can absolutely not countenance is progressivism/wokeism, even from the majority.
Centrist Democratic strategists have probably done more to prime voters to think of the Party as a vehicle for wokeism than anyone other than Trump or Fox News. And on very thin data that's not causal or predictive out of sample. The extent of the self-own is remarkable substack.com/@gelliottmor...
G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris)
Yeah, centrist Democratic strategists have probably done more to prime voters to think of the Party as a vehicle for wokeism than anyone other than Trump or Fox News anchors. The extent of the self-ow...
substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It’s not a self-own. They care more about defeating whatever you want to call that faction of the Democratic Party than they do about defeating the GOP.
They can live with Trumpism, even from the minority. What they can absolutely not countenance is progressivism/wokeism, even from the majority.
They can live with Trumpism, even from the minority. What they can absolutely not countenance is progressivism/wokeism, even from the majority.
Don’t look now, here comes the New York Times wagon circle!
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Don’t look now, here comes the New York Times wagon circle!
The negativity is the skeleton key to the zeitgeist. Ever since Reagan Dems have tried to do the Happy Warrior schtick, hence the obsession on “we have to be for something not just against things” and “they want to hear what we’ll do for them.”
No. They want to hear who you’ll hurt on their behalf.
No. They want to hear who you’ll hurt on their behalf.
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The negativity is the skeleton key to the zeitgeist. Ever since Reagan Dems have tried to do the Happy Warrior schtick, hence the obsession on “we have to be for something not just against things” and “they want to hear what we’ll do for them.”
No. They want to hear who you’ll hurt on their behalf.
No. They want to hear who you’ll hurt on their behalf.
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i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”